The mastodon and lemmy content I’m seeing feels like 90% of it comes from people who are:

  • ~30 years old or older

  • tech enthusiasts/workers

  • linux users

There’s nothing wrong with that particular demographic or anything, but it doesn’t feel like a win to me if the entire fediverse is just one big monoculture.

I wonder what it is that is keeping more diverse users away? Is picking a server/federation too complicated? Or is it that they don’t see any content that they like?

Thoughts?

  • @JarixEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    I am literally about to google FOSS because i have no idea what that means.

    Dont really have a point but thought it might speak to OPs question

    Edit: Free and Open Source Software. Can someone make a !remindme style bot for acronyms? Though maybe it would be a good feature for app developers to include in their ux (ui?) Or 3rd party devolopers allow 4rth party features. Starting to sound like a browser plugin/extension which might be a great steam workshop like culture around social media user experience customization.